In reply to Scott Walkinshaw.

Scott, with all due respect, did you read Michele's comments? :)

Her point was that while iThemes is clearly culpable (and Cory even admitted as much), the company's poor account security practices are unrelated to the quality and value of their products, some of which were initially developed independently of iThemes and later acquired (as in the case of the iThemes Security plugin).

While it is reasonable to hold Cory accountable (as he has done himself) for the company's failings, it is not fair to tar the plugins with that same brush. While I can understand people's reluctance to purchase new products until this issue has been completely resolved, the existing products still work as intended. In fact, as far as I can see, you can use the free version of the iThemes Security plugin right now without any concern for its reliability. Speaking for myself at least, I haven't lost faith in the free plugin.